About favorite pages

When you find a Web page you like, you can keep track of the page so it’s easy to visit in the future. There are several ways you can keep your favorite pages within easy reach.

If you use Internet Explorer on several computers or you use more than one browser, you can easily share favorite pages between computers or applications by importing them. Internet Explorer can import any collection of links saved as an HTML file. After you import a favorites file to Internet Explorer, you can find its links in the favorites folder that has the same name as the file you imported. You can also export your Favorites list as an HTML file.

About your Favorites list

Showing or hiding the Favorites pane

Adding a favorite page

Adding a link to the Favorites Bar

Changing your home page

Importing favorite pages

Exporting favorite pages

Sharing bookmarks and favorite pages

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Show or hide the Favorites pane

  1. If the Explorer Bar is hidden, click Explorer Bar on the View menu.
  2. Click the Favorites tab.

Adding a favorite page

Visiting a favorite page

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Add a favorite page

  1. Go to the page you want to add.
  2. On the Favorites menu, click Add Page to Favorites.

Tip To add a favorite page without going to the Web page, on the Favorites menu, point to Organize Favorites, and then click New Favorite.  Then, type the name and address of the page you want to add.
Tip To add a file on your computer as a favorite page, drag the file to the Favorites pane or the Favorites Bar.

Adding a link to the Favorites Bar

Visiting a favorite page

Importing favorite pages

Showing or hiding the Favorites pane

Changing your home page

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Visit a favorite page

Showing or hiding the Favorites pane

Following a link on the Favorites Bar

Organizing your Favorites list

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About your Favorites list

The Favorites list provides a convenient place to store links to Web pages you visit most. You can see the contents of your Favorites list in three places: in the Favorites pane, on the Favorites menu, and in the Favorites window (on the Window menu, click Favorites). As you collect favorite pages, you can organize your Favorites list by rearranging pages in the list, by moving pages into folders, and by adding dividers.

In your Favorites list, you’ll find the Toolbar Favorites folder, which contains the pages you added to the Favorites Bar. You’ll also find the Page Holder Favorites folder, which contains the pages you added to your Page Holder Favorites list, and the Auction Favorites folder, which contains your tracked auction pages.

Showing or hiding the Favorites pane

Organizing your Favorites list

Adding a favorite page

Adding a link to the Favorites Bar

Importing favorite pages

Exporting favorite pages

About Page Holder

About the Auction Manager

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Organize your Favorites list

  1. On the Window menu, click Favorites.
  2. Do one or more of the following:
    To Do this
    Add a folder On the Favorites menu, point to Organize Favorites, and then click New Folder.

    Add a divider On the Favorites menu, point to Organize Favorites, and then click New Divider.

    Move a folder, divider, or favorite page Drag the item to a new location.

    Rename a folder or favorite page Click the name of the item to select it, type a new name, and then press RETURN.

    Delete a folder, divider, or favorite page Point to the item, hold down the mouse button, and then click Delete on the contextual menu.

    Get more information about a favorite page Click the favorite page, and then click Get Info on the File menu.

About your Favorites list

Adding a favorite page

Adding a link to the Favorites Bar

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Search for a page in your Favorites list

  1. On the Window menu, click Favorites.
  2. On the Edit menu, click Find.
  3. In the Find box, type the name of the page you want to find.
  4. Select any other options you want.
  5. Click Find.

Tip To continue searching for the same page, click Find Again on the Edit menu.

About your Favorites list

Organizing your Favorites list

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Delete a favorite page

  1. On the Window menu, click Favorites.
  2. Click the icon next to the page you want to delete, and then press DELETE.

Removing a link from the Favorites Bar

Organizing your Favorites list

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Import favorite pages

  1. On the Window menu, click Favorites.
  2. On the File menu, click Import Favorites.
  3. Click the HTML file that contains the links you want to import, and then click Open.

Tip To import a Netscape Navigator bookmark file, click the Bookmarks.html file you want to import.

About favorite pages

Exporting favorite pages

Sharing bookmarks and favorite pages

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Export favorite pages

  1. On the Window menu, click Favorites.
  2. On the File menu, click Export Favorites.
  3. Specify a location for the exported file, and then click Save.

Importing favorite pages

Sharing bookmarks and favorite pages

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